Student Forum Space outside the Boiler House BTRU team members from Newcastle University are delivering interactive public engagement stalls at two large scale events for this summer's World Transplant Games. In the first of these, researchers, clinicians and members of our Public and Patient Research Panel will be running a joint stall with colleagues and […]

The European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) has recently established a new section, the European Cell Therapy and Organ Regeneration Section (ECTORS). The aim of the section is to provide a forum for discussing and stimulating novel developments in the fields of cellular therapies in organ transplantation, organ regeneration and generation of new organs from […]

All members of the BTRU's Patient and Public Research Panel are warmly invited to join Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Lead Jenny Hasenfuss for this panel meeting. A great opportunity to catch up with Jenny, share the latest BTRU news and find out about new opportunities to get involved in the work of the […]

The BTRU is delighted once again to be running a public science stall as part of Great North Nights at Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle. Meet some of the BTRU team, play our quiz, have a go at Japanese poetry, help us make some bunting. Hear about the transplantation research being undertaken at Newcastle University […]

Saturday 5 October sees the return of Big Biology Day, one of the UK's largest free biology public engagement events involving hands-on science fun for all the family and we're delighted once again to be part of it all. We'll be joining a host of other organisations, companies and institutes at Hills Road Sixth Form […]

The second of the two progress update and management meetings of the BTRU in ODT in 2019, which will be held in at the Royal Station Hotel in Newcastle upon Tyne. All BTRU colleagues are invited to attend. The agenda will be sent out via email in advance.

Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Lead Jenny Hasenfuss warmly invites all panel members and BTRU staff for an informal get together over coffee and mince pies, plus a festive quiz (prize for the winner). A great opportunity to catch up and share all the latest news. Venue: Newcastle University main campus, room: tbc.

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED We apologise for any inconvenience caused.  

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED We apologise for any inconvenience caused.  

South Asian Health Action are hosting their final partnership event for South Asian heritage month to raise awareness of organ donation in the UK and India. Join to hear real life experiences of how organ donation saves lives, gives life and helps to create lives. For the Zoom link please email southasianhealthaction@gmail.com to register.

A Cambridge Festival talk by the NIHR Blood and Transplant Research Unit in Donor Health and Genomics What happens when you pair innovative research with NHS Blood and Transplant policy? Professor Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Director of the Blood and Transplant Research Unit (BTRU) in Donor Health and Genomics, Dr Lois Kim (Dept. of Public Health […]

BTRU researchers are delighted to be involved in the all new Cambridge Festival taking place from 26 March to 4 April 2021. They'll be giving a talk via Zoom looking at the history and future of organ preservation. Organ transplantation is one of the major success stories of modern medicine, transforming the lives of organ […]